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For May-Nov 1960, see AIR 24/2608 -2611
Catalogue reference: AIR 24/2846
Date: 1960 Jan
For May-Nov 1960, see AIR 24/2608-2611
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Headquarters Far East Airforce. Includes 32 photographs depicting: RAF Gan, Maldive...
Catalogue reference: AIR 24/2693
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This record is about the Headquarters Far East Airforce. Includes 32 photographs depicting: RAF Gan, Maldive... dating from 1962 Sept - Dec in the series Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Operations Record Books, Commands. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- AIR 24/2693
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1962 Sept - Dec
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Description (What the record is about)
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Headquarters Far East Airforce.
Includes 32 photographs depicting: RAF Gan, Maldive Islands: boat building and the airstrip at Hulele; views of Male, its harbour, customs sheds, ministerial building and local people; workmen in boats at Gan, an oil storage hulk, and an oblique aerial view of the island. Dated 1960-1962.
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For extracted photographs with appendices see CN 5/31
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4097038/
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AIR 24
Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Operations Record Books, Commands
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